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Soft and Chewy Valentine’s Sprinkle Sugar Cookies. A deliciously sweet vanilla sugar cookie that’s made in ONE bowl, uses minimal ingredients, has no refrigeration time, and loaded with the cutest Valentine’s Day sprinkles! Perfect for baking with family, for your partner, your best friends, or if you just want a delicious cookie to enjoy.
This is a very good, easy-peasy recipe. Fantastic great tasting cookie!! — I doubled the recipe (2X). Approved by granddaughters!!!
Joanne G.
About The Recipe
We’re making today a little bit sweeter with these Valentine’s Sprinkle Sugar Cookies! Inspired by our Funfetti Cookies, we thought it would be fun to give them a bit of a Valentine’s make-over.
The cookie itself is SO easy to make – made in one bowl (which means, less dishes!). But, I think my favorite part is that these cookies require ZERO refrigeration time, like our Double Chocolate Madeleines or our Strawberry Chocolate Chip Cookies.
That’s right! Just mix up the cookie dough, scoop it, and bake it. No need to wait! It’s the ideal easy cookie recipe. So, whether you’re looking for a last minute Valentine’s Day treat or want something fun to make with family/friends, these cookies are the perfect treat.
What Is A Sprinkle Cookie?
A sprinkle cookie (or funfetti cookie!) is simply a soft and chewy sugar cookie with some sprinkles added into the dough! This version uses Valentine’s Day themed sprinkles to make it a bit more festive. It’s a fun and easy cookie for all ages!
4 Reasons To Love These Valentine’s Sugar Cookies
- These cookies are incredibly convenient, requiring only one bowl, like our ! This means less cleanup in the kitchen (a win-win!). Additionally, with minimal ingredients needed, it’s easy to whip up a batch of these delicious cookies without having to make a trip to the store.
- Unlike many other cookie recipes, this one requires no refrigeration time, so you can enjoy freshly baked cookies without having to wait! That means you can have a pan of cookies ready to eat in about 30 minutes. 😉
- The festive Valentine’s Day theme makes these cookies perfect for celebrating the holiday with loved ones or as a special treat for yourself.
- These sugar cookies are praised for their irresistibly soft and chewy texture, perfect sweetness, and slight crunch from the sprinkles. Every bite will leave you wanting more!
Here’s what one of our readers had to say:
Family and friends love these cookies!! I bought a bag of the White Chocolate Strawberry Shake M&Ms a while ago wanting to make cookies with it, but nobody has created a recipe!! I saw this cookie recipe on Instagram and figured I’d try it out. I followed it exactly and added 1 bag of the M&Ms. Family said the flavor was so good, with or without the M&Ms! They loved the flavor of the dough and loved the cookie part of it, but also loved how the strawberry M&Ms brought a super nice flavor to the cookie!!
You Only Need 9 Ingredients
- Salted Butter – While adding richness, tenderness, flavor, and structure, salted butter eliminates the need for additional salt.
- Granulated Sugar – Gives these cookies just the right amount of sweetness, while also giving them just the right amount of spread.
- Egg – A binder that also contributes to tenderness.
- Vanilla Extract – A splash of vanilla gives these cookies the most delicious flavor.
- All-Purpose Flour – Gives these cookies the perfect texture and structure.
- Baking Soda – Provides the right amount of rise, as well as making sure these cookies remain chewy.
- Valentine’s Sprinkles – Any kind of Valentine’s sprinkles will do! Just makes sure the mix you buy doesn’t have the hard pearl sprinkles.
Let Me Show You How To Make These Cookies (Step-by-Step!)
Step 1: Prepare dough
With an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 2-3 minutes.
Beat in egg and vanilla.
Stir in flour and baking soda.
Mix in sprinkles.
Step 2: Bake
Use a 1½ Tablespoon cookie scoop to portion dough onto prepared pans. Bake for 12-14 minutes, until light brown around the edges.
How To Get a Perfectly Round Cookie
The best way to achieve this is using a cookie scoop, as the dough balls will already be in close-to-perfect rounds. As they bake, the cookies will spread into a perfect round shape!
Sometimes though, the cookies can get a little wonky-shaped while spreading, but no worries! You can still fix it.
Using a biscuit cutter that’s larger than the cookie, bump the cookies while they’re still very hot to fit inside the cutter and circle around them to create the perfect round shape!
Mix-in Ideas
The great thing about these cookies is that they’re just sugar cookies! Which means…they will go with literally anything and everything! Here are a few of our favorite things to toss into a batch of these sprinkle cookies.
- Dark chocolate chips
- M&M’s (especially Valentine’s-themed!)
- Nuts of any kind
- White chocolate chips
- Mini marshmallows
- Chopped candy bars
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Soft Frosted Sugar Cookies (Lofthouse Copycat!)
Lucky Charms Sugar Cookies
Sugar Cookie Fruit Pizza with Cream Cheese Frosting
Chewy Fluffernutter Cookies (Peanut Butter and Marshmallow Fluff Cookies!)
Soft and Chewy Oatmeal Cinnamon Raisin Pecan Cookies
When you make these Soft and Chewy Valentine’s Sprinkles Cookies, leave a comment down below! We love hearing from you and answering any questions you might have! Also, be sure to tag us on social media and hashtag it #BakersTable.
Happy baking!
x, Caylie
5 from 4 votes
Soft and Chewy Valentine’s Sprinkle Cookies
Author: Traci Crossland
Soft and Chewy Valentine's Sprinkle Cookies…the perfect treat for Valentine's Day! Made in one bowl, with minimal ingredients, no refrigeration, and ready in about 30 minutes. SO. GOOD.
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Prep Time: 20 minutes mins
Cook Time: 14 minutes mins
Total Time: 34 minutes mins
Servings: 20
Ingredients
- ⅔ cup salted butter, room temperature
- ⅞ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1¾ cups all purpose flour*
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 3 Tablespoons Valentine's sprinkles
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Instructions
Heat oven to 350℉.
Line sheet pans with parchment paper. Set aside.
With an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 2-3 minutes.
Beat in egg and vanilla.
Stir in flour and baking soda.
Mix in sprinkles.
Use a 1½ Tablespoon cookie scoop to portion dough onto prepared pans.
Bake for 12-14 minutes, until light brown around the edges.
Allow to cool on pans.
Notes + Tips!
*This recipe was written using an average of the dip and sweep method for measuring flour and the spoon and level method. If you are using a scale, you will need to add 3/4 oz or 22 g to the measurement for each cup of flour.
How To Store:
The best part about these cookies? They can be frozen for up to 3 months! Oh, yes, that’s right. After baking and cooling, you can place the baked cookies in an airtight freezer safe zip top bag and put in the freezer.
But, if you’d like fresh baked cookies instead, you can actually freeze the cookie dough itself! Follow the directions all the way to portioning out the dough. From there, place a few inches apart on a lined sheet pan and place in the freezer for 1-2 hours, or until the cookie dough is frozen solid. From there, place the frozen cookie dough balls in a zip top bag and keep in the freezer for 1-2 months.
You can also keep these cookies in an airtight container or zip top bag on the counter for about a week!
Tips For Success:
- Make sure the butter and eggs are room temperature!
- Be careful not to over-mix the cookie dough!
- If baking multiple pans at a time, be sure to check on the cookies at about 8 minutes into the bake time.
- Don’t forget to line your sheet pans.
- It’s best to use a cookie scoop to ensure all cookies are the same size.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 138kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 26mg | Sodium: 80mg | Potassium: 17mg | Fiber: 0.3g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 203IU | Calcium: 5mg | Iron: 1mg
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.
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